Mark Sanchez at 13th?

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Last fall, I had a good discussion with a pretty well respected former NFL Executive who said (and I've heard it indirectly elsewhere) that one of the hardest and most under-recognized (I think's that a made up word) responsibilites of the General Manager (or the person in the GM role) is that when you're putting together a team you're not only worried about the talent on the field, but also the marketability off of it.

I countered that if you put together a winning team, wouldn't that ultimately help marketability? He said sure, but you can't depend on that so you need to look at guys who are not only talented but you also need to make sure you have players (and it needs to be starters) or a head coach who have appeal to the wider masses (and sponsors). It's just the way the NFL world works now.

Now, what that has to do with anything here I don't know. I'm just saying it's something to think about.

On a separate note, my USC source who is really well connected to those guys says Rey is the USC guy who the Redskins have shown the most interest in and who most believes he'll probably be a Redskin (this source says we should take Matthews though). Again, this guy has no connection to the Redskins. He's just speaking from the USC players perspective. Didn't really say much about Cushing. Sanchez says he'd be surprised to be a Redskin (which I think means "I'd be stunned if I'm not a top 10 pick")